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THIS is a notable book about Scotland north and east of the Highland Border Fault, where much that is wonderful and unique in Nature still flourishes ; its case for a new deal for the Highlands and Hebrides, because it is developed on detailed ecological considerations, and its humanism (without ‘bogus romance'), also make it a different kind of book. The author, rightly esteemed for his biological researches in the region and for his present labours as director of the West Highland Survey, is almost certainly the one man possessing the qualifications to attempt it.
Natural History in the Highlands and Islands
By Dr. F. Fraser Darling. (New Naturalist Series.) Pp. xv + 303 + 64 plates. (London and Glasgow: Wm. Collins, Sons and Co., Ltd., 1947.) 16s. net.
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PEACOCK, A. Natural History in the Highlands and Islands. Nature 161, 457 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161457a0
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